Wellington-Manawatu Railway.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1659, 16 March 1886, Page 2

Wellington-Manawatu Railway.

i The No. 10 tunnel completed last week is the fourth tunnel finished on' Mr S. Brown's contract of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway.- As indicating the rapid now bsing made, it^tuay be inentioried;that No. 8, the first tunnel on that'6,ectibn^in whiek-the work was very heavy, and. dangerous, .and- where three meiHwere 5 killed by a fall of the. tunnel (supposed to have been caused or.; accelerated" by an earthquake), took 28 week to excavate and brick, while No. 10,>wtiic.h;i8 100 feet' longer, was done m about 10 weeks. This is the quickest work done on the line, and it is believed that for the same class of tunnel Work and conditions it has not been excelled m New Zealand for speed. TbTe brickwork is proceeding m No. 11 tunnel, and will' be.; commenced, m No. .12 .m a. few., days. There is, now a tram round ;the: hill, by which material can be taken 'ttf the further, tunnel .without having to go ih rough those in' bourse of lining, and interfering with the- miners and bricklayers, a thing which it has hitherto been impossible ■to ; prevent.. In addition, there is a oross-drive m No. 11, with a turn-table . m the centre, which greatly ■facilitates getting oiit the excavated material. ,A!s' the whole of the iivV brickiiiakers m Wellington are supplying • the ■ bricks, in r addition to a; large German' kiln - holding nearly 100*000, i worked on the contract by Mr Nejgh!bovvs, Mr^Brown : will be able to finish the work m. .a very rapid mariner.—- --■ Post. ■'■■ ; Rapid- progreW 'oo'ntinnes to be made on the Wellington-Manawatu Railway. The line "will Afe bpen from Longburn to jOtaki m a few months. The ballasting I of the line pnJttorßaikakariki section is j being pushed ahead, aiid has now been carried from No. l&tunriel (the la6t of [Mr S. Brown's contract) to within half ;a mile of the ,Paikakariki Hotel. Mr Brown ftnisjie'd the lining of No. 10 tun : *nel last week; and thei'erernain now only the No. liquid I 5j r : tunnels ; to complete. When $hey ave^finished there will. : not,be tinuch of the line uncompleted, so , I there is ever^ prospect of the "VYelling- j ton-MariaWatußailway Coihpariy's'under- ; taking being m fall working order by j the end- of, the current year.— New Zealand TiwM. '••' '■'"'-